Vehicle-wheel



LL. WOLF.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 11, 1912.

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JOHN LOUIS WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Application filed April 11, 1912.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, JOI-IN Louis VOLF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved VehiCIe-lVheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved vehicle wheel which is simple and durable in construction and provided with an inflatable tube to give the desired cushioning effect to the wheel, the tube being protected against being punctured when the wheel is in use.

For the purpose mentioned use is made of a wheel center provided with a protected seat for an inflatable tube engaged at its peripheral face by a ring and carrying spokes supporting a wheel rim, the said ring slidably engaging ,guideways forming an eX- tended part of t-he said tube seat.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a face view of the vehicle wheel; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the sam-e; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged face view of a portion of the wheel with part broken out and part in section.

The center of a vehicle wheel is provided with a body A, of wood or other material, and on the opposite sides of the body A are arranged side plates B, B fastened in position on the body A by transverse rivets or bolts C, as indicated in the drawings. The outer portions B2 of the side plates B, B are curved outwardly in opposite directions so as to form wit-h the peripheral face of the body A an annular seat for accommodating an inflatable tube D provided with a suitable valve E extending through one side portion B2 to the outside to permit of applying a pump or other means for inflating the tube B to the full extent. The portions B2 are provided with an outward bulging part B3 so that when the tube D is subjected to pressure and is consequently flattened then such flattened portions can readily pass in the bulging parts B3 thus allowing the inflatable tube l) to yield under pressure within its protected seat.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

serial No. 690,094.

B, B ext-end parallel guide members Bi engaged at the inner faces by friction plates F secured to the faces of a ring G provided with spokes il supporting the rim ll provided with a suitable tire J of rubber or other suitable material. Pins or bolts K extend transversely through the ring G and friction plates F and pass loosely through openings B5 in the guide members Bt, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and the outer ends of the said pins K support protecting rings L resting against the outer faces of guide members BL1 of the side plates B, B. rlhe inner edge of the hub G is provided with a shoe N seated on the peripheral face of the tube D so that when the wheel is in use and pressure is applied then the center of the wheel has bodily movement relative to the rim owing to the interposition of the inflatable tube D between the center and the rim.

It will be noticed that the inflatable tube D is completely incased and consequently is not liable to be punctured by nails or other extraneous means, and at the same time an exceedingly strong and durable connection is had between the center and the rim to prevent wabbling of the parts one relative to the other when the wheel is in use.

lt is understood that the guide members B4 engaging the friction plates F prevent lateral movement of the said hub and con sequently the hub and the body A. are at all times retained in the same plane to insure a proper running of the wheel.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A vehicle wheel, comprising a center having a body provided with side plates curved outwardly to form with the peripheral face of the body an annular seat which is located at a point substantially midway between the center of the wheel and its periphery, the said plates being of sheet metal and extended beyond the curved portions to form an annular guideway, the extended portions of the plates having openings and the said curved portions having central side bulging parts, an inflatable tube in the said seat, a ring provided with friction plates slidingly engaging the said guideway, a shoe on the inner edge of the ring seated on the said tube, transverse pins held on the said ring From the side po-rtions B2 of the side plates and friction plates and extending loosely through the said openings7 guard plates on naine to this specification in the presence of the outer ends of the said pins and fitting two subscribing Witnesses. against the outer faces 0i' the said extended portions 0i the side plates, spokes eXtend- JOHN LOUIS XVOLF 5 ing from the said ring, and at rim held on Titnessesz the said spokes. HERMAN FEUGLERE,

In testimony whereof I have signed my EMLEY KIDDEN.

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